For the 80th anniversary of the Tanforan internment camp, artists wanted to pay tribute by reminding people of what happened during World War II and how to prevent it from happening again.

2007-06-02 16:26:00 PDT SAN BRUNO-- Tanforan, the former racetrack that housed 8,000 Japanese Americans on their way to internment camps during World War II, saw its share of tears. But it saw a ...

An effort is underway to build a memorial recognizing the suffering of those who were held captive in a Japanese internment camp at the Tanforan race track in San Bruno ...

On Aug. 14, the gallery will host a screening of a related 27-minute film, “Sansei Granddaughters’ Journey,” which documents the five artists’ trip in 2018 to the Manzanar internment camp ...

Tanforan, the former racetrack that housed 8,000 Japanese Americans on their way to internment camps during World War II, saw its share of tears. But it saw a few smiles as well. About a thousand ...

They were ordered into the Tanforan internment camp in May 1942, which was turned into a so-called “assembly center” after its years as a horse racetrack. The camp was located in San Bruno ...

SAN BRUNO, Calif. (KRON) — An exhibit honoring the history of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is now open at the Tanforan Mall in San Bruno. The free admission &#8… ...

The one-time horse racetrack was used by U.S. authorities to hold 8,000 Japanese-Americans before shipping them to World War II internment camps. Skip to content All Sections ...

Some of the first Japanese to be removed to the Tanforan internment camp at the race track at Tanforan, Calif., April 28, 1942. The group was among the 3,112 Japanese to be removed from restricted ...

Between April and October 1942, the former Tanforan Racetrack — now home to the soon to be redeveloped Tanforan Shopping Center — was the site of an internment camp where thousands of Japanese ...